By Margaret John A Rice farmer in Bekwarra Local Government Area of Cross River State, Mr. Moses Egbung has accused politicians in Cross River State of hijacking the Federal Government funded CBN anchors borrowers program and turning it into a family affair. Mr. Moses who was speaking as a guest on“The Dialogue With Agba Jalingo”,
By Violet Isek A non-governmental organization in Calabar, Child Protection Network (CPN), has rescued a 2-year old child (name withheld) in Akamkpa Local Government Area of Cross River State. The child was rescued in a critical condition and taken to Basic Rights Counsel Initiative, after she had been punished severely and burnt by her uncle
By Margaret John And Philip Agba The Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Pastor Usani Usani, has called on youths to become the watch dog of the society. Pastor Usani made the appeal in Calabar Friday while speaking at the Cross River State Young and Emerging Political Leaders Forum (YEPLF) at the Calabar International Conference Center
By CrossRiverWatch Admin The Cross River State Government has threatened to withhold the salaries and other legal entitlement of staff in its ministry of justice if they fail to shelve their planned strike. Some members of staff under the aegis of the Law Officers Association of Nigeria had met on Friday, June 29, 2018 and
By Jonathan Ugbal Cross River born techpreneur and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Philip Obin has berated Mr. Femi Adesina, the spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari for reeling out figures of Nigerians killed when the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) was in power. Mr. Adesina in a statement issued earlier in the week
By Jonathan Ugbal A christian leader in Cross River, Pastor Gabriel Joseph has distanced himself from a group seeking to stop the reelection of the state governor, Senator Ben Ayade. Pastor Joseph who is the General Overseer of the Blessed-Hope Gospel Ministries International in a statement titled; ‘Re: You Don’t Deserve A Second Term –
By Margaret John The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has rained accolades on the governor of Cross River state, Senator Ben Ayade and commended him for keying into the federal government’s vision of diversifying the economy saying Ayade has become a reference point in his administration’s agricultural revolution. The President was speaking
By Jonathan Ugbal: Government House Correspondent Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday commissioned the Cross River State seedlings and seed manufacturing factory in Calabar which he described as a people oriented project. The President said the project is in line with his administration’s zero oil economic roadmap with Cross River Governor, Senator Ben Ayade becoming